Cuspidor.



H. EJWEBER. A

CUSPIDOR,

APPLICATION FILED III/III. 25. I9I6.-

Patented July 17, 1917.

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H. E. WEBER.

CUSPiDOR.

APPucATloN FILED MAR.V25. |916.

Pateiited-July 17, 1917.

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H. E. WEBER.

CUSPIDOR.

'APPucATloN FILED mmzs, 1916.

Patented July 17, 1917.

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Unirse .e'iiiirns PATENT oirnior.

HENRY E. WEBER, I" CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOIR. TO THE WEBER DENTAL MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, 10F CANTON', OHIO, A CRPORATION OF OHIO.

cusrmon.

pcclcation o! Letters Patent.

PatentedJuIy 17, 191'?.

Application filed March 25, 1916. Serial No. 86,620.

To aZZ'w Icom may comer-ri: Y Be itknown that I, llenar E. Wenns, a citizen of the United States, residing; at

Cantominthe county of Stark and Siate' of Ohio, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidoi's, of which the following is a specification.'

The invention relates to-a cuspdor `provided with the usual water supply, overflow and waste pipes, and ordinarily mounted at 4the side of` adental or other chair; and especially to cuspdorr in which the supply pipe is provided `with a plurality of disf charge nozzles for various purposes, as for 15 instance for flushing;g the bowl, for ,ejecting saliva and for filling;r a. drinking cup.

In cuspidors of this type. the drinkingr cli-p is usually mourned on a bracket at one side of the 'cuspidor bowl, and is supplied with Water from an uprightl faucet having an arched outlet end' discharging downward into the cup.4

'-Ixi the ise of'the drinking cup and its supply faucet,` it frequently happens that 2.5 the cup will overflow when it is in place,

and thatftliere will be a leakage from the faucet when the cup is removed from its ,'bracket In either case, such an overflow or fleakage fouls and corrodcs the valves andA .30 adjacent parts to' such an extent as to render them not only unsightly but iinsanitary,

' unless they are attentively cleaned by the operator; and it has been found in'practice that although an operator may be very per- -sistent in cleaning the cuspidoi bowl.l a like attention to tho valves and adjacent partsV is- "usually neglected.

Furthermore, in the work of dental sur-l gory, it is frequentlv necessary or desirable 40 for the operator to have :i conveniently available basin for cleansing his fingers,` his tools and other objects, and the purpose of the present invention is to addl sucha basin to the ordinary parts of a cuspidor of this e; to utilize the basin as a shield for the va ve parts and to receive the' overflow and leakage from the drinking cup and its faucet; to loca-te the basin around the upright stem of the faucet; to provi de a drainage outlet from the bottom of the basin around the'stem. with a valve for damming the water a certain depth in the basin; to swivel the upright faucet and provide a valve therein for opening in one or more different positions: and -to swivel a bracket for the drinking;r cup around the stem of the upright Italic-et, so that the cup may be swung into dill'erent positions over the basin.

These objects of the invention, and ancil1- lary advantages of construction, operation and use, are attained by the embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying" drawings, forming part hereof,in which-.-

Figure 1 is a sideelevation showinjrthe improved basin and adjacent partsapplied to the side of a cuspidor bowl;

Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same;

Fig. 3, a detached perspective view of the-valve head; f

4:, a detached perspective view of tlie drinking cup `faucet and affiliated parts;

Figa 5, a detached perspective view of the clamping-spider;

Fig. 6, a `detachedperspective view of the dammiiig valve; and

Fig. a. detached perspective Aview of the cup bracket.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the type of cuspidor employed for villustrating; the present invention, the cus.

pidor bowl l is mounted on a bracket (not shown) having a tubular branch 2 extending upward alongside the bowl and forming,r a waste or overflow channel therefrom; on the outer side of w lich branch is `rovided the upright tubular bearing?, in w ich the supply pipe 4 is adapted to be adjusted upward and downward and secured in place, by means of the setscrew 5 operating in the longitudinal groove 6 formed in the side of the supply pipe.

The valve head shown in Fig. 3 is formedl on the upper 'end of the supply pipe and may include the cases?, 8 and 9 of the valves 7*, 8 and 9", for'tlie bowlflushing nozzle 10. drinkingrup faucet 11, and4 saliva ejecting tubelQ. The valve head isfurthermore made hollow-between the several `valve cases to forni the. waste chamber `100,.

13, which discharges through the pendent waste tube 14 leading outwardly froin one vside of the chamber into the waste channel' in. the tubular branch -2 of the supporting waste chamber is. This ism-feriti provided with the resilientgaskct l? thusLlt` a ser' constituting a` cushioned supportupon which rests the pendent funnel harige or neck 1,8 formed around :1. central opening,r l!) in the bottom of the basin 21.

The tubular post Q52 is 'formed in the eenv ter of the 'vulve head and extends upward through the opening 16 in its top, und the bowl is secured 'upon the annular it by means of the clamping collar d screwed upon the post and the interveniin; spider 24;)vl1ich spider is preferal'ily made ot spring;r steel or other resilient nmterial` in the form of a` ringr surrounding` the post 22 and provided with the radial fingers 25 extending outward over and upon the funnel neck 1S on the bottom of the basin, thus formingr afree annular way around the post for the drainage of water through the funnel neck from the bottom ot the basin into the waste chamber of the Supporting head.

The basin 2l may be mede of glass, porcelain, or other brittle or fragile material, and .it is evident that Vby the means described, the basin can be securely supported and clamped upon the metallic scat on the supporting head, without danger of crackin or breaking the funnel neck.

' e upright tubular stem 26 of the drinling cup faucet 11 is provided with the valve. 27 ion its lower end, which valve is shaped as 'an inverted cone and .is prm'ided with adlalnetric port 28 communicating with the hollow 29 of the Stern. The corresponding conical seat 30 is provided in the bottoni of the. tubular post 22 of the valve head, from thel side of whichfseat extends the water inlet port 31, which in turn communicates with the valve chamber 32 into which leads the supply port 33 communicating `with the supply pipe 4, which inlet port is adapted to r opened and closed by means. of the valve 8'.

,l The conical -valve 27 is rotatably:secured on its seat by means of the bea rin g sleeve 34, the spiral spring 35 and the washers 36 and 36, which surround the. tubular stem of the faucet; the upper washer 3G bearing against the recessed annular shoulder 37 fdrmed in the lower end of the bearing sleeve 34:, the

lower Washer 36" bearing upon the annular.

seat 38 formed by the upper end of the eonica-l valve, and the lower end of the bearing sleeve 34 being screwed as a. stuffing box into the upper end o f the tubular post 22.

By this construction and arrangement it is evident that when the valve 8 is open, water from the supply pipe G is free to flow through the faucet 11 when it is rotated to register either one end or the other of the diametrc port 28 with the inlet port I-; and that the conical. Yvalve 27 .will be closed against the How of water when the faucet is rotated upon its axisin all other posittais.

The drainage aperture 39 is preferably provided in the wall of the tubular post 22 near above thetop of the conical valve, so as to permit any water which may leak upward around the valve to escape directly into the waste chamber 13 and thereby prerent the `came from working upward around the tubular stem of the faucet. Y

The laell-sluiped collar 40 is mounted upon the steep thread 41 around the bearing sleeve il and is preferably provided with the al1- nular gasket 42 in its lower rim, so that by turning the collar downward its rim can be closed as a valve aga-inst the bottom of the basin, thus forming a dam which prevents a drainage of water from the basin directly through the funnel neck into the waste chamber; and by turningthe collar upward, such drainage is freely permitted.

The annular slots 43 are preferably provided in the upper portion of the drainage v'alve, and it is evident that by turning this valve downward against thc-f bottom of the basin, the same can be filled with waterzup to the openings of the slots, und that any excess of water will escape through the openber into the waste pipe.-

he use of this collar permits the basin to`bev used either as it catch basin for the drainage of wateroverflowing from the drmlring cup or leaking from the faucet, or las. :1 wash basin for cleansingr the fingers, tools or other articles, as may be desired, by merely7 turning'the valve upward or dou-'n ward as the case may be.

The upper end of the screw' sleeve is slightly tapered and forms a. conicalwjournal 44. for the correspondin .fly tapered'opening 45 in the upright hearing 46 formed on the shank 47 extending from one side of the bracket 4S for the drinking cup 49; which bracket is prefcral'ily located within the rim or" the basin; and hy this construction it is evident that the bracket maybe rotated 'into any desired position around the faucet, and that because of thc tapered forni of its' bearing: it will remain' in any given position.

For the purpose of further protecting the valve head, the .shield :'u) having the depending rim fil may be employed, and when used,y this shield is provided with a central opening Surromuling the Supporting seat on the top of the valve head, und the depending rim is provided with suitable notches io? receiving the valve parts.

1. A basin having a funnel neck in its bottoni, a faucet haringr an upright stem exthe stem of the faucet.

3. A `basin having a funnel neck in its bottom,a faucet having an upright stem eX-l tending upward through the opening of the funnel, a tapered bearing around the stem,

and, a cup bracket swiveled on the tapered' port.

bottbm, a faucet having altubular stem extending upward through the openin of the funnel, and a valide on its lower en with a pluralit ,y

v'vhiclit e valve may he rotated to open and' close the respective ports. l

6. Ahollow support having an ,0' ening'in its top, a basin hav` g a funnel nec secured on the rim of the opening, ar faucet having a stem extending upward thx-'ou' h the opening of the funnel, and a bell-s surrounding the stem, justingl the rim lof the the bottom of the basin. p

7. A hollow support having. an opening in its top, a basin having a funnel n secured on the rim of the opening a.,faucet having a stem extendin upward through the opening of the funne and a bell-shapedvalve Vto and .from

`valve surrounding the stem having an opening in its side, with means for adjusting the rim of the valve to and from the bottom of the basin.

8. A hollow support having an opening in its top, a basin having a, unnel'neek secured on the rim of the opening, a stem extending upward through the o ening of the funnel, a bearing sleeve aroun the stem, a bell-sliapedvalve screwed upon the bearing sleeve for adj listing the rim of 'the valve to and from the bottom of the basin. 9. A hollow support havin an opening in its top, a basin having a unnel neck secured on the rim of the opening, a tubular post on the support extending upward through the openlng having a valve seat in its bottom, a faucet having a stem extending upvlvgard through the opening of the funnel wit 5. A basin hawirfg a funnel neck inits of portsjtherein, anda Seat upon" sped val-ve with means for ada faucet having' a valve on its end rotatable on the seat,

a bearing sleeve I'around the stem, and a spring bearing` agains the sleeve for pressingthie val e upon i seat. i

. 10. A `hol oiwsupport havingan opening in its top, a basin having a funnel neck secured on the rim of the opening, ,a tnln'lar post on the support extending upward through the opening `having a valve'seat in its bottom, ing upward ,l nel with a valve on its end rotatable on the seat, there bein an o ening. in theY wall`off` the "post near a ove `t e valvelco u ing'with the hollow of v4the support.'

11 A hollow support in its head with a rabbeted rpulndith'e opening, a gasket' inthese'a't a' basiwif a, funnel neck resting 'on'.lth'e i' on the headl extendingf'upw'la through the funnel opening; a resilient "s iderbomprising a' ring around the post an radial lingers a faucet having-a stem extendI .t resting on the funnel neck, a'xida clamping I collar screwed upon the postl against. the i spider.

.12. The'combi'nation of alcuspidor having' a waste tube leading therefrom, aln adjacent support having a waste'chambr with econ-3.' -nection`leading from one side'thereofl inta the waste tube, and a basin having a funnel'neck draining into the waste chamber.

13. The combination of a cuspidor'having through the opening. of the fun? lhavllilg"imI "Opening:

on` the support ff y.

an overliow tube leading from one sidethereof,' an adjacent support having a waste chamber draining into the overflow tube, and a basin on the support having a funnel neck draining into the waste chamber.

14. The combination of a cuspidor having a waste channel leading therefrom, an adjacent hollow support having a waste cham, ber draining into the waste channel, a basin on the support having a funnel neck draining into t e waste chamber, and a faucet for the basin having a stem extending upward through the funnel neck.

15. The combination of a cuspidor, an 2rd-, jacent support forming valve cases andhaving a waste chamber therein, a basin on the support having a funnel neck discharging into the waste chamber, basin having a stem extending upward the valve cases. NRY E. WEBER.

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